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CBGB
2013 1h 41m R
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A look at the New York City punk-rock scene and the venerable nightclub, CBGB.
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Directed By
Randall Miller
Written By
Jody Savin
,
Randall Miller
Studio
Rampart Films
,
Unclaimed Freight Productions
Cast of CBGB
Alan Rickman
Hilly Kristal
Rupert Grint
Cheetah Chrome
Malin Åkerman
Debbie Harry
Johnny Galecki
Terry Ork
Stana Katic
Genya Ravan
Ashley Greene
Lisa Kristal
Justin Bartha
Stiv Bators
Ryan Hurst
Mad Mountain
Kyle Gallner
Lou Reed
Taylor Hawkins
Iggy Pop
Josh Zuckerman
John Holmstrom
Peter Vack
Legs McNeil
Parker Grant
Baby Hilly
Arthur Bridgers
Shamal Kristal
Danielle Shaw
Young Bertha
Holly Hubbell
Sarah Brown
B. Todd Johnson
Benjamin Brown
Freddy Rodríguez
Idaho
Tom Nowicki
Palace Bartender
Estelle Harris
Bertha Kristal
Donal Logue
Merv Ferguson
Max Reindhardsen
Tom Verlaine
Luke Dressler
Richard Lloyd
Richard de Klerk
Taxi
Evan Alex Cole
Richard Hell
Ahna O'Reilly
Mary Harron
Bradley Whitford
Nicky Grant
Joel David Moore
Joey Ramone
Steven Schub
Dee Dee Ramone
Julian Acosta
Johnny Ramone
Caleb McCotter
Wayne County
Bronson Adams
Johnny Blitz
Vincenzo Hinckley
Da Thug
Cheetah Chrome
Cabbie
Keene McRae
Sting
Mickey Sumner
Patti Smith
Dominic Bogart
Michael Sticca
Jared Carter
David Byrne
Kamille Dawkins
Bank Teller
Katherine DuBois
Genya's Friend
James Edwards
Psychotic Fan
Darin Heames
Bert
Abby Leigh Huffstetler
Tina Weymouth
Bob Lipka
Ye Ol' Farmer
Michael Massee
Officer Stan
Aaron Munoz
Palace Hotel Manager
Juan Piedrahita
Angry Hombre #1
Richard Marrero
Angry Hombre #2
Benjamin Frankenberg
John Piccolo
CBGB Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
"CBGB" ain't no party, it ain't no disco, it ain't no foolin' around.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
In place of punk's howling rage, you get gross-out jokes that include at least a half-dozen close-ups of the poop from Kristal's bowel-challenged dog.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
The movie feels like a Las Vegas imitation of a place that was once scuzzily, beautifully alive.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Whatever may be there, Miller doesn't quite capture it.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
I would swear on a stack of Dead Boys T-shirts and a first pressing of Richard Hell and the Voidoids' "Blank Generation" that it could not possibly have been like that: so silly, so trivial, so boring.
Film.com
Kate Erbland
The absolute antithesis to the pioneering punk spirit it tries to portray.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Punk may not be dead, but this picture is D.O.A.
The Dissolve
Keith Phipps
No doubt a decent movie could have been made about the behind-the-scenes life of CBGB, but CBGB isn't it.
Slant Magazine
Tomas Hachard
As the film moves from one musical performance to another, the result increasingly feels like a series of celebrity impersonations set to a best-of-punk compilation album.
Flavorwire
Judy Berman
Unless you're morbidly curious about how one of the loudest, strangest, and most irreverent and original moments in rock history can be transformed into a jukebox musical for the entertainment of precisely no one, there's no need to see CBGB.
Variety
Scott Foundas
The music rocks, but little else does, in Randall Miller's sitcom snapshot of New York's iconic punk incubator.
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
A lightweight love song to a legendary rock club, Randall Miller's CBGB plays in many ways like a Greatest Hits record, re-packaging a beloved band's oeuvre for sale at shopping malls.
Film Journal International
Tomris Laffly
CBGB generally feels like a misstep, with self-aware characters all stuck in a movie that can't decide what it wants to be stylistically.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
This is not a film for purists or quibblers.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
I'm here to tell you why I enjoyed CBGB despite its terribleness. Or rather, because of its terribleness.
Village Voice
Brian McManus
CBGB misses the opportunity to educate. But its biggest sin, unlike many who performed there, is that it also misses the opportunity to entertain.
The Film Stage
Forrest Cardamenis
With nonexistent character depth, abysmal storytelling, and an aesthetic gimmick that hurts the film far more than it helps, all CBGB only benefits from a killer soundtrack.
Easy Reader (California)
Neely Swanson
There's a lot of information presented in the film; I only wish that it had been more engaging as it should have been.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
You figure a movie that features the Ramones and Blondie would be so extraordinary and energetic, but "CBGB" makes them seem so mundane and unimportant.
EntertainmentTell
Stephen Silver
Plays like it was written and directed by people who have never listened to or heard of punk rock in their lives
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